Type-writing machine.



G. B. GORGORAN.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1213. 1,103,9Q0.

Patented July 14, 1914:.

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WITNESSESL ATTO UNITED STATES ramp 9 connnnrus B. CORCORAN, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB. ro unnnnwoon TYPE- WRITER COMPANY, or NE YORK, n. Y., A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS B. COR- CORAN, a citizen of the United States, resid ing in New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type- Writing- Machines, of which the following is a Specification. My invention relates to a sheet guard for attachment to typewriting machines. When a breeze from an open window or an electric fan strikes the work sheets, especially when manifolding, the paper being very light and film the sheets are raised and oftentimes tum led over the front of the machine, obscuring the operators view of the writing line, or perhaps become tangled with the type-bars and torn, and sometimes caused to wrinkle and fold. To overcome such difficulties I have devisedco'nvenient means for holding down the work sheets upon the paper table. The invention prevents their being raised and becoming disarranged, yet ermits them a certain amount of 'reedom in order that they may be fed along withou hindrance as the writing proceeds.

1 construct the device in a manner to facilitate introduction of the work sheets, by raising or swinging the guard away from the paper table, and I also provide means to lock the guard hen it is returned to its effective-position. The guard is preferably formed with a curvature conforming to that of the head on the upper edge of the usual paper table, so that when it is not desirable to use the guard it may be locked down into position and aid. 7 Other features and advantages inafter appear. 7 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improvement applied to the paper table of a typewriting machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the platen frame, showing the normal position of the work sheets and the location of the guard with its edge beyond the highest point of the paper table as ind cated by the line a. Fig. 3 is a view showing how the and their tendency to fall backwardly. Fi 4 is a detail View of the lo cking device ortheguard. Ihg. 5 1s a view showing the guard partly raised for the inby the guard troduction of the work sheets.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed lllay 20, 1913. Serial No. 768,718.

the work sheets be fed over said 'will here- 7 sheets are prevented from tumbling forward.

Patented The .work

I sheets 1 are usually supported on'a paper table 2 fixed between the platen frame ends 3, to be guided into the bite of g the feed'roll's {i and the platen 5 and fed along at line-space intervals. The jets hangdown over the rear of he paper ails, and are apt to be raised by a breeze. and

tumbled over the front of the machine. To

prevent this, I arrange a guard plate 6'parallel with the head 7 on the rear edge of the paper table 2-. This guard is supported from the platen frame ends 3, by means of brackets 8, 9 arranged to project the edge 10 of the guard to a point beyond the center of the bead indicated by the line a in Fig. 2, so that when the sheets are raised by the breeze,

they will have a tendency to bulge out asshown-in Fig. 3 to the rear of the paper table, and as they receive no support there, they will drop to their former positions; 7 To facilitate introducing the sheets beneath the guard 6, one of the brackets ,8 may be hinged at 11 to the platen frame end 3 to permit the guard to be swung up out of the way, {while the sheets are inserted. The guard can be locked in position over the sheets "bv providing the bracket 9 with projections or. hooks 12 capable of being slightly contrtwted,

being for this purpose slitted at 13, while being forced through slot 14 of plate 15 fixed on a platen frame end 3. Thehooks expand after passing through the plate- 15, and firmly grlp the latter. i

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others. Having thus described my invention. I claim:

1. In combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine, a bead along the upper edge of said paper table, and a guard plate extending parallel to and above said bead, said guard being curved to conform with the curvature of said bead.

' 2. In combination with the paper tabl..- of a typ'ewritin machine, a guard plate extending para lel to and above the edge of said paper table, said platebeing c0ncavoconvex in cross section, and means for movin said guard plate away from said paper ta 1e.

3. In combination with the a or table of a typewriting machine, a guar p ate extending parallel to and above the edge of sand paper table,

said guard plate having hinge connection at one end whereby it may be jmoved away from said paper table, and means to lock said guard plate at the opposite end thereof in its effective position.

4. In combination with a platen frame, a

a paper table connected therewith, andmeans on said platen frame for supporting a guard plate parallel to and above the edge of said sheets. I f. '6. The combination With a paper table of a typewriting machine and a platen frame, said paper table having a curved upper edge, of a paper guard plate of similar curvature to that of the upper edge of said paper table and spaced therefrom for the passage of Work-sheets, and end-supporting brackets for said guard plate, one of saidbrackets havinga hinged connection to the platen frame that said guard plate may thereby be swung 25 out of operative position, and the opposite bracket having means for locking engagement with said platen frame.

CORNELIUS B. GORCORAN. .Witnesses:

F. E. ALEXANDER, TrrUs H. IRoNs.

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Washington, D. G. 

